Cast & creator
Robert J. Thompson
Best known for American Experience, American Greed, The Story of Late Night
Robert James Thompson is an American media scholar. He's been a professor at Syracuse University since 1990 and is the founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture. He has written multiple books and has been interviewed on many documentaries, radio and television shows for his expansive knowledge in television history.
Also known as: Robert Thompson, Bob Thompson
Movies
7
film credits
Series
11
television credits
Career
18
1988–2025 · acting roles
Credit score
7.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (18)
Showing 18 of 18 credits
Series
★ 6.5
American Experience
Self
1988
Series
★ 7.9
American Greed
Self
2007
Series
★ 5.7
The Story of Late Night
Self
2021
Series
★ 7.1
Dark Side of the 90's
Self
2021
Series
★ 8.4
The Unexplained
Self - Bob Thompson
1996
Series
★ 6.1
Dark Side of the 2000s
Self
2023
Movie
★ 10.0
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Self
2009
Series
★ 10.0
Notorious
Self
2019G
Series
Generation Boom
Self
2006
Series
★ 5.2
The Real Mad Men of Advertising
Self
2017
Movie
★ 7.7
Four Falls of Buffalo
Self
2015
Movie
★ 7.0
Mr. SOUL!
Self
2018
Series
★ 9.0
Menendez Brothers: Victims or Villains
Self
2024
Movie
★ 10.0
What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show
Self
2020
Movie
Driving America
Self
2015
Series
TV We Love
Self
2025
Movie
★ 4.2
Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
Self
2009
Movie
★ 4.7
American Cannibal
Self - Bob Thompson
2006